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…One of the greatest and most mysterious authors in history is Edgar Allan Poe. He was born in Boston in 1809. A great deal of information is known about him but yet very few are verifiable. Poe has a reputation of giving false information…

…in a serious, informative aspect. This is done by the sheer location of the exhibit, providing numerous historical plaques, and by the mysterious, alluring atmosphere of the pyramid exhibit that the Museum gives to the visitor. Yet the Museum downplays the daily…

…remnant of a pre-schismatic link with the East, with an inclusion of other Eastern materials in the Western rite. ?Bis zum Ende des 3.Jahrh. war liturgische Sprache in Rom das Griechische, nur nebenbei existierte als solche das Lateinische. Zuerst ist demnach…

…" add a mystery to the story as the custodians don't have a clear identity. They are referred by their appearance and the repetition builds up the tension in the story. "Covered by a shade and his lower lip half averted, hung pale and pink from his decaying…

…Have you ever had the feeling you weren’t alone? Have you ever felt a cold breeze in a room with no windows? Have you ever heard voices or footsteps when you thought you were alone? What would be the cause of these mysterious situations? Would…

…decreasing health. What is the cause of all this? What are these strange illnesses that took hold of the Usher family? These are questions that can't be answered at this point of the story neither by the friend nor by the reader. That situation is a mystery…

…or fiction. But truly in the minds of magicians, their purpose in life is to leave a mystery, a mystery that science is unable to explain. They leave their mark and give people something to think about, a mark which will never be forgotten. Although magic…

…to rescue her and shortly after they succeed their lives are mysteriously taken. The second time that Fleur almost drowns in the lake a similar scenario occurs and it is then believed that every man that saves Fleur from the lake will replace her station…

…literature is religion. Nearly all works contain religion in some aspect. The mystery play, which was born in during the medieval period, deals completely with religion, often to the exclusion of the other elements. In the popular mystery play Everyman, God…

…Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco: A Unique Setting in the Changing World of Early 20th Century Detective Fiction The Pacific coast port city of San Francisco, California provides a distinctively mysterious backdrop in Dashiell Hammett’s…